Overcoming Motion Sickness

I guess I have always taken the convergence of film and graphic design for granted. Ever since my beginnings in graphic design I have worked with digital video, integrating it into new media projects. In addition to that, I have plans to do a masters degree in film eventually- not because I want to be a film maker, but because I like to use video's in design and feel that a film background could only make my work stronger.

While I agree with everything Michael Schmidt has to say, I do not think his article takes things far enough. He talks about how in the digital age film and graphic design are starting to merge and just look at this course to see how undeniably true that is. The thing is though in the 21st century, everything is starting to merge. While at one time graphic designers were just that, today they are expected in addition to making graphics to be computer programmers, business people, psychologists, film makers and more. Yet this is the nature of the time we live in. No one can survive by doing on one thing anymore just as mediums that only have a single application are getting less and less popular.

The truth is though, while digital video makes it easier for the two things to meld there has always been some crossover. Take for example Saul Bass and his work for Hitchcock. Even earlier than that, think back to silent film. The actors had no voice in these movies, yet thanks to typography they were still able to be heard. As I said before Schmidt is right- his vision just seems a little narrow.